PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Pilots men's soccer team will play its final regular season soccer match this season on Saturday, Apr. 17 against the No. 23 Saint Mary's Gaels. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m. with live stats and video available at PortlandPilots.com.

A limited number of tickets are available for purchase now, but public sales will close two hours before kickoff on Saturday. See below for complete ticket information for the 2021 spring soccer season.

The Pilots are an even 3-3-3 on the season with a 1-2-3 record in WCC play. They were picked to finish third in the WCC and had two players featured on the 2020-21 All-WCC Preseason team: senior midfielder Luke Hendel and sophomore defender Delentz Pierre. In their most recent match, the Pilots tied the San Francisco Dons 0-0 in double overtime.

This season, Portland has four of the top five goal-scorers in the WCC. Luke Hendel leads the conference with seven total goals, Buba Fofanah and Yusef Cueceogolu are tied for second with four goals each and Brandon Cambridge is fifth with three goals.

Jacopo Viola has been one of the best goalkeepers in the conference with second-best goals-against average (0.66), the third fewest goals allowed (four) and the third best save percentage (.810).

The Gaels are 5-2-1 on the season and 3-2-1 in WCC play. They are first in the WCC standings after being picked to finish second in the conference. The Gaels had one player named to the All-WCC preseason team in midfielder Sebastian Schacht. Most recently, Saint Mary's fell to the No. 10 Loyola Marymount Lions 3-1 on the road.

Portland holds the edge in the all-time series against the Gaels with a 26-16-4 record. Saint Mary's has taken the last three matches against the Pilots, most recently doing so in 2019 by a score of 5-1 in Moraga, Calif. The last time the Pilots won was in 2016 when they defeated the Gaels in Portland by a score of 1-0 to clinch a WCC title.

2021 PORTLAND SPRING SOCCER TICKET INFORMATION
With the announcement in March that limited fans will be allowed at outdoor home events, here is how Portland Soccer will accommodate ticketing for the remaining home men's and women's soccer matches: 

• Player and opponent guests will be allotted their predetermined amount of tickets
• Season Ticket holders will be given first opportunity to secure tickets in advance
• A limited number of student tickets will be reserved
• If the capacity limit has not been reached with the above constituents, tickets will go on sale to the general public FOR ADVANCED PURCHASE ONLY!! There will be no transactions or admittance for walk-up fans at Merlo Field this spring. Tickets will be available to purchase online 48 hours before each scheduled event with sales closing two hours before the scheduled kickoff.
• Tickets will be sold in pods of 1 – 4. All seats have reserved seat locations and are socially distanced from one another.

For questions or more information, please contact the Pilot Box Office at (503) 943-8619 or email Dave Taylor at taylord@up.edu.

MERLO FIELD GENERAL RULES

• Must have no COVID symptoms and pass a temperature check prior to entering the facility
• Fans must obey six-foot physical distancing guidelines and seating instructions
• Face coverings required at all times, except for when eating/drinking
• Concessions will not be open, but fans can bring in outside food and beverages (sealed beverage containers only – alcohol prohibited)
• No re-entry allowed and gates will close at halftime
• Post-game egress will be administered section-by-section by gameday staff